Paint is one of the most inexpensive —and easiest—ways to freshen up a room’s look. But a really good painter does more than slap some Sherwin Williams on the wall. We’ve asked local interior designers for the names of the paint professionals they’d most trust with their own walls.
John Lucchese, Designs Unlimited
Armonk (914) 273-6313
Somers (914) 276-0439
“He is an extremely meticulous craftsman, who never takes any shortcuts.”
Laurel Bern
Laurel Bern Interiors, Goldens Bridge
Jorge Gonzalez
Mount Vernon (914) 777-1190; (914) 804-0538
“The words of a client whose home he recently painted say it all: ‘I didn’t feel like I had to be the picky one. George went around and monitored everything.’"
Lyn Peterson
Motif Designs, Mount Vernon
Eric Horowitz, Bristol Painting
Somers (914) 494-8977
“He is just fabulous. He’ll come in with a full experienced crew and knock out a beautiful job in a few days, where others might have taken weeks.”
Peggy Fortuna
Whatpaintcolor.com, Pound Ridge
Jose Navarro, ABC Building and Painting
New Rochelle (914) 632-7940;
(914) 490-0832
“He’s a stickler for detail. He’s particularly good at prepping the walls, and his crew is very neat and clean; you don’t even know that they're there.”
Carol DeBear
DeBear Design, Inc., Scarsdale
John Weidl and Associates
New Rochelle (914) 636-5067
“They have wonderful foremen who run each job, and they are all incredibly talent- ed men with a great sense of color and a great work ethic. And they can do any finish and match any wood or stone finish.”
Libby Cameron
Libby Cameron, LLC, Larchmont
Williams Brothers Painting
Stamford (917) 885-1728
“They are neat and clean, show up when they say they’re going to, and finish when they tell you it will be done.”
Susan Anthony
Anthony-Wright Interiors, LLC, Irvington